How do you manage your Audible library? Even though you can download Audible books to computer, you cannot play the downloaded audible files with your favorite audio player app, because all Audible files are AAX format which is only supported by Audible devices. Are you frustrated by the aax format of Audible audiobook files? Do you want to know how to organize such Audible aax files efficiently? Keep reading, you will learn 2 ways to manage Audible library.
Part 1. The Official Way to Manage Audible Library
Audible does offer several AAX players for us to listen to the AAX audiobook files. However, very few applications are specially for managing Audible libraries. Here in this post, I would like to share with you the limited Audible library managing software officially provided by Amazon Audible.
Audible Windows app is the official app released by Audible for listening and managing audible books. Since it's only available on the Microsoft store, this Audible app can only used by Windows 10 & 8 users. With Audible Windows app, you can access to all your purchased Audible books, stream your audiobooks, and even download them for offline reading.
Download Audible Windows App Here
Audible Manager is Audible's media player for users to manage the purchased Audible titles. Once you have downloaded your Audible audiobooks to your computer, you are able to listen to them through Audible Manager without an internet connection. Audible Manager is available for all Windows computer systems, including Windows 7.
Detailed Guide: How to Use Audible Manager.
If you are using Mac, you can manage your Audible library with iTunes or Apple Books. iTunes is for macOS 10.14 Mojave or below macOS versions. While for macOS 10.15 Catalina and 11 Big Sur, Apple Books has taken iTunes' place for managing audiobooks. And you cannot
Detailed Guide:
- These are the only 4 applications officially offered by Audible for managing Audible libraries. And to use these "Official" Audible managers, you should authorize with your Audible account otherwise you won't have access to your library. If you'd like to manage your Audible library with any of your favorite media player and without authorization of Audible account, it's highly suggested converting your Audible audiobooks to a more common audio format, such as MP3. This is just what I am going to share with you in Part 2.
Part 2. The Best Way to Manage Audible Library
What can be said "the best way to manage Audible library"? It should let us take complete control of our Audible titles, that is, we can listen to any of our Audible books on any device at any time. Actually, until now, there isn't such an app that can do this job. But fortunately, we can first convert the Audible AAX audiobooks to MP3 format, play and manage them with any MP3 player just like they are common audio files.
Only in 3 simple steps, you can convert all audiobooks in your Audible library to MP3.
Step 1Download and run Epubor Audible Converter.
Epubor Audible Converter is the best tool to convert audible aax format to DRM-free MP3 format. It is available for both Windows and Mac, including macOS Catalina and Big Sur.
Step 2Add Audible AAX files to Epubor Audible Converter.
To add Audible books to Epubor Audible Converter, you can just drag your Audible aax files directly to the main interface.
Tips: Refer to Where are Audible Books Stored on PC/MAC/Android/Kindle Device if you don't know where to find your downloaded Audible books.
Step 3Convert Audible AAX to MP3.
Choose MP3 as the output format. Then just click on the button "Convert to MP3" to start the conversion. If you want to convert Audible AAX to M4B, you can also choose M4B as the output format.
When the conversion is finished, a folder that stores your converted MP3 audiobooks will automatically pop up. You can also click the "succeeded" word to find the converted files.
When your Audible library audiobooks are all converted to MP3, it becomes much easier to manage your Audible library. For example, you can import these MP3 audiobooks to any audiobook manager, or any audio player app you like. You can also back them up into your hard or Cloud drive, where you can download the content anytime anywhere.
Michelle loves technology & reading very much. She seeks the methods to enjoy eBooks and audiobooks more freely and wants to share everything new she has got with you.
